And of course someone (probably not me:-[) will make a mint by manufacturing the handy little devices that will detect and disable the confounded spying tags that the confounded unethical companies leave on your bags...
Why is it that everyone has to apologise these days? If you are a serial murderer all people care about is that you have remorse. Who cares if the spammer apologised. As long as justice is done.
I can't help but think that because keyboarders have been warned so much over the years that maybe they've just learned how to deal with the soreness and stiffness that lead up to carpal tunnel syndrome and so they don't get it as much anymore.
But I can see how keyboarding wouldn't be any worse than other stuff. My sister interprets sign language and she gets pretty sore in the wrists/hands/forearms. I told her she needs to stretch in between sessions.
While I agree that realMYST was pretty great, you could still tell very easily the difference between the real-time image and pre-rendered image. Furthermore, I think the core magic of all the MYSTs, including MYST III is that they aren't real-time so they *can* be photo-realistic.
So I wonder if anything in real-time can truly be as good as MYST III. Tell me more...
So I'll just say this. My logic is biological as well. I'll just modify your statement "...it is difficult for me to equate a bunch of undifferentiated cells to a living, thinking, human being..." by 2 words:
it is [easy] for me to equate a bunch of undifferentiated cells to a living, [growing] human being
My feeling is that we should explore both options.
Not mine. I happen to think that taking human life unjustly is murder. The ends never justify the means, which is why it's good that adult stem cell extraction seems to be getting a bit of good press.
The first paragraph "The Two Towers," the second installment of Peter Jackson's three-film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings," is a magisterial caesura. That may be an odd thing to say about a movie that climaxes with one of the most amazing epic battle sequences ever put on film, a movie that, like its predecessor, conjures up new worlds seemingly every time you blink your eyes, a film that keeps dropping wonders into your lap like precious gifts casually given
Yeah, I thought the first installment was great (seeing "The Two Towers" tomorrow) but the reviewer never stops "dropping [gushy praises] into your lap like precious gifts casually given"....for 3 pages!
But...if this tech gets advanced enough (give it time) you could disable a tank/fighter/bomber/SAM(probably work good for those) a lot quicker and more accurately. Maybe even take out a whole army with very few casualties. A worthwhile goal?
"If we put some C.E.O.'s in here, I'd like to see how they respond," Dr. Kilts said. "Maybe they wouldn't find a positive social interaction rewarding at all."
I think this is a bit ignorant, or maybe a bit incomplete.
Yeah, this test could be a good model of a free market system. When we all act in self-interest within the parameters of the golden rule things work out pretty darn well. But I think most CEOs fall safely into this category. They are working with their community (i.e. corporation) to produce a product that is in demand while employing the people needed to produce it. Hiring, firing, setting prices are all part of the game that keeps an economy efficient and the most productive long term. Cooperation at it's best. So a few CEOs lately have given the position a very bad rap. It's really to bad...
My Guess -- Overheard at ACME Labs: B: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering? P: Yes Brain, but where will we find rubber pants our size? B: No Pinky, If I disguise myself as a claymation construction worker, we can create our own internationally syndicated children's TV show. We'll become hugely popular and all the kids will worship us. Thence, we will taKe OvER tHE WORLD! P: Naaaaaaarf! Poit! Brilliant!....No wait, um.....One Thing Brain. Where are we going to find little ballet slippers for all the camera men?
honestly, the ukelele is a good first step (if it in fact works as mentioned previously) and doing a guitar wouldn't be that much more difficult. Maybe 1 degree. You'd only need 4 "fingers" to do a guitar and maybe a motor to move them up and down the fretboard...You could do a lot of kewl stuff.
But robot players will NEVER be better human players!:-)
Another point - why does it matter if the people aren't convinced that the CCP has the right to rule? The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) has all the guns, military, etc. and revolt is downright impossible.
If you can break the will of the gov't, all that stuff won't matter as much. This is why you can have bloodless coups. One of the reasons the American Colonies were able to win independence is that they spent a few decades breaking the will of the British rulers.
I'm not sure that I'd even like to see the ChiComs (ChiFascists?) go away at this point but a "good" revolution takes a long time. Both to undermine the current gov't and make sure you have a viable alternative. Look at Russia. It took 70 years. The Communists probably could have maintained control for longer but they just didn't have the will.
Which brings us back to why stunts like this are important in a long term sense. Reminds the population that the gov't isn't omnipotent.
You're not very informed to think they just can't turn off whatever they want.
You're right. They do turn off anything they want (anonymizer.com for instance). But short of turning off everything outside.cn they really can't filter very much that they don't want people to know. (second hand knowledge BTW:-).
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And of course someone (probably not me :-[) will make a mint by manufacturing the handy little devices that will detect and disable the confounded spying tags that the confounded unethical companies leave on your bags...
Why is it that everyone has to apologise these days? If you are a serial murderer all people care about is that you have remorse. Who cares if the spammer apologised. As long as justice is done.
I can't help but think that because keyboarders have been warned so much over the years that maybe they've just learned how to deal with the soreness and stiffness that lead up to carpal tunnel syndrome and so they don't get it as much anymore.
But I can see how keyboarding wouldn't be any worse than other stuff. My sister interprets sign language and she gets pretty sore in the wrists/hands/forearms. I told her she needs to stretch in between sessions.
The site will include documents refuting popular beliefs about Einstein. He was not a bad student -- the only subject he flunked was French
Ahem....I know a lot of below average students who never flunked anything...
the companion web site wasn't very exciting (though they promise to update it.)
What's this?! A unexciting web site that someone is promising to update? I've never heard of this practice before. Verrry Interesting...
While I agree that realMYST was pretty great, you could still tell very easily the difference between the real-time image and pre-rendered image. Furthermore, I think the core magic of all the MYSTs, including MYST III is that they aren't real-time so they *can* be photo-realistic.
So I wonder if anything in real-time can truly be as good as MYST III. Tell me more...
(chuckle) kudos for keeping your head level.
:-)
:-)
Well, this is hardly the place...
agreed
So I'll just say this. My logic is biological as well. I'll just modify your statement "...it is difficult for me to equate a bunch of undifferentiated cells to a living, thinking, human being..." by 2 words:
it is [easy] for me to equate a bunch of undifferentiated cells to a living, [growing] human being
And I'm done
My feeling is that we should explore both options.
Not mine. I happen to think that taking human life unjustly is murder. The ends never justify the means, which is why it's good that adult stem cell extraction seems to be getting a bit of good press.
Or maybe the issue at hand is that embryonic stem cells aren't as useful as adult stem cells...(ianas)
Has anyone read the Salon review?
The first paragraph
"The Two Towers," the second installment of Peter Jackson's three-film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings," is a magisterial caesura. That may be an odd thing to say about a movie that climaxes with one of the most amazing epic battle sequences ever put on film, a movie that, like its predecessor, conjures up new worlds seemingly every time you blink your eyes, a film that keeps dropping wonders into your lap like precious gifts casually given
Yeah, I thought the first installment was great (seeing "The Two Towers" tomorrow) but the reviewer never stops "dropping [gushy praises] into your lap like precious gifts casually given"....for 3 pages!
...a totaltarian police state with omni-surveillance everywhere to prevent rouge nanotech development.
hmmm....totaltarian police state...don't like rouge nanotech.....used for dynamic facial make-up effects.....to easy to fool surveilance...
ah yes.....worth a look but not $30 :-)
it's hard to justify the $30 price tag
but there's enough good material inside to make it worth a look.
hunh?
Wow - that would take us all the way to 1920
Once again proving that what goes around comes around!
But...if this tech gets advanced enough (give it time) you could disable a tank/fighter/bomber/SAM(probably work good for those) a lot quicker and more accurately. Maybe even take out a whole army with very few casualties. A worthwhile goal?
"If we put some C.E.O.'s in here, I'd like to see how they respond," Dr. Kilts said. "Maybe they wouldn't find a positive social interaction rewarding at all."
I think this is a bit ignorant, or maybe a bit incomplete.
Yeah, this test could be a good model of a free market system. When we all act in self-interest within the parameters of the golden rule things work out pretty darn well. But I think most CEOs fall safely into this category. They are working with their community (i.e. corporation) to produce a product that is in demand while employing the people needed to produce it. Hiring, firing, setting prices are all part of the game that keeps an economy efficient and the most productive long term. Cooperation at it's best. So a few CEOs lately have given the position a very bad rap. It's really to bad...
Any chance that M. Night Shyamalan's story is about a farmer getting hoaxed by drunken unemployed locals with a 1x4 and some rope?
Dude, you've spoiled the Vintage M. Night Surprise Ending (tm) for all uf us....arghhh!!!
..."Can you hear me now?"
Maybe you have a point...But...
From the mfgr. site it appears that they are marketing this laptop as silent and cool as well. Both plus-good in my book.
-- why did they do that?
My Guess -- Overheard at ACME Labs:
B: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
P: Yes Brain, but where will we find rubber pants our size?
B: No Pinky, If I disguise myself as a claymation construction worker, we can create our own internationally syndicated children's TV show. We'll become hugely popular and all the kids will worship us. Thence, we will taKe OvER tHE WORLD!
P: Naaaaaaarf! Poit! Brilliant!....No wait, um.....One Thing Brain. Where are we going to find little ballet slippers for all the camera men?
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honestly, the ukelele is a good first step (if it in fact works as mentioned previously) and doing a guitar wouldn't be that much more difficult. Maybe 1 degree. You'd only need 4 "fingers" to do a guitar and maybe a motor to move them up and down the fretboard...You could do a lot of kewl stuff.
:-)
But robot players will NEVER be better human players!
....made the messages easy to filter:
If Subject contains "klez" move to folder "garbages"!
Another point - why does it matter if the people aren't convinced that the CCP has the right to rule? The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) has all the guns, military, etc. and revolt is downright impossible.
If you can break the will of the gov't, all that stuff won't matter as much. This is why you can have bloodless coups. One of the reasons the American Colonies were able to win independence is that they spent a few decades breaking the will of the British rulers.
I'm not sure that I'd even like to see the ChiComs (ChiFascists?) go away at this point but a "good" revolution takes a long time. Both to undermine the current gov't and make sure you have a viable alternative. Look at Russia. It took 70 years. The Communists probably could have maintained control for longer but they just didn't have the will.
Which brings us back to why stunts like this are important in a long term sense. Reminds the population that the gov't isn't omnipotent.
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You're not very informed to think they just can't turn off whatever they want.
.cn they really can't filter very much that they don't want people to know. (second hand knowledge BTW :-).
You're right. They do turn off anything they want (anonymizer.com for instance). But short of turning off everything outside